Get your work in, do what you need do, and get back up top. I'm a little bit behind the curve as far as not really having a spring training, so you're trying to get your work in, trying to work on things, and at the same time, you're also going out there trying to be competitive.

More Quotes by Ryan Howard

I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational.

If you walk away, don't walk away with something still left in the tank. Then you're wondering like, 'Man, what could I have done?' When I'm done playing, I want to leave it all out on the field.

I'm cool with everybody. The fans have been nothing but nice to me.

Things are real easy when you're going good and everybody's all behind you and this and that.

I think I can still go out there and compete, and compete at a high level.

Once you leave the minor leagues, you want to not come back. But it's the path that I'm on, the journey that I'm on.